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glamoursome

adj

Etymology

From glamour + -some.

  1. derived from glámr — “the moon", also "the name of a ghost”
  2. derived from gramaire
  3. derived from gramere — “grammar”
  4. borrowed from glamour — “magic”
  5. suffixed as glamoursome — “glamour + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by glamour or glamorousness

    Marked by glamour or glamorousness; glamorous

    • A swaggering ostinato on trombone suggests his glamoursome adventurousness, but Ray Nance's solo trumpet has a fallible wobble in its nobility (can Othello's tall tales be true?).
    • You just proved my point by assuming a Frisco gal who posed for art students had to be all glamoursome.
    • “More like a glamoursome lady of fashion to a kid in pigtails,” Belle said. “My grandfather could be a real pain about female notions, as he called 'em.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA